#79ABE3#79ABE3

#79ABE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.098 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABE3
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 227)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(212, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 24.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -1.68, -33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 33.38, 267.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0303 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.098 252)
XYZ	xyz(36.3085, 38.7343, 78.2214)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABE3 #E3B179

analogous

#79E0E3 #79ABE3 #7C79E3

triadic

#79ABE3 #E379AB #ABE379

tetradic

#79ABE3 #E379E0 #E3B179 #79E37C

square

#79ABE3 #E379E0 #E3B179 #79E37C

split-complementary

#79ABE3 #E37C79 #E0E379

monochromatic

#276DBB #468BD8 #79ABE3 #ACCBEE #DEEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#79ABE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#79ABE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABE3

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABE3	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ADE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.098 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c3ec',
    500: '#79abe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abe3;
$custom-light: #a5c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.698,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7278,
    "c": 0.09783,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.38737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABE3

secondary

#ECDDCC

accent

#7818CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABE3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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